ProfessorDamien Theillier
LevelBeginner
Duration
9 hours
PriceFree
Course IDPHI101
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A Philosophical History of Freedom
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Goal: Discover the evolution of freedom through the ages, from ancient philosophers to modern challenges.
Description
A Journey Through the Philosophical History of Freedom
This course examines freedom through history by analyzing two competing political philosophies: liberty and power. You will study influential thinkers, such as Frédéric Bastiat, Lord Acton, Karl Marx, and Murray Rothbard, and their contrasting views on production, plunder, class struggle, and the role of the State.
From Antiquity through the Enlightenment, freedom ascended as societies embraced tolerance and economic independence. Yet the 19th and 20th centuries brought decline, as capitalism faced critique and collectivism rose. Explore how these shifts illuminate today's threats to liberty and start now to understand the battle between freedom and power.
Learning path
Objectives
- Analyze the political philosophies of freedom and power.
- Trace the historical origins of freedom from Antiquity to the Middle Ages.
- Examine the rise and decline of freedom from the 19th to the 20th century.
- Analyze the relationship between political and economic freedom.
Curriculum
+-Introduction
+-Freedom or Power
+-The origins of freedom: Antiquity
+-The origins of freedom: the Middle Ages
+-The Rise of Freedom: From the Renaissance to the Enlightenment
+-Apogee and Decline: From the 19th to the 20th Century
+-The Rise of the Welfare State in the 20th Century
+-Final Section
This course is taught by Damien Theillier
Damien Theillier is a philosophy professor in Paris, a graduate of Sorbonne Paris IV, founder of the Institut Coppet and the École de la liberté. He is the co-author of the preparatory class manual General Culture (Pearson, 2013) and A Path to Freedom, the philosophy from Antiquity to our days, (Berg International, 2013). He has also contributed to Philosophy in 60 Books (Ellipse, 2021).
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